Comments on: Because it is bitter, and because it is my heart http://tleaves.com/2006/01/02/because-it-is-bitter-and-because-it-is-my-heart/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2006/01/02/because-it-is-bitter-and-because-it-is-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-2303 peterb Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:23:38 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=537#comment-2303 Dude. We would make A MINT. Have our people at the Vatican get on the line, STAT! Hmmm. On a vaguely related note, now I can't get the word "gefiltetea" out of my head. Dude. We would make A MINT. Have our people at the Vatican get on the line, STAT!

Hmmm. On a vaguely related note, now I can’t get the word “gefiltetea” out of my head.

]]> By: daw http://tleaves.com/2006/01/02/because-it-is-bitter-and-because-it-is-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-2302 daw Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:36:04 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=537#comment-2302 Far be it from me to deny the sweet, sweet taste of evil, but isn't the most rational explanation for your experience that when you're buying non-'fair' coffee (let's call it Invisible Hand coffee) you're spending more money on coffee and less on social engineering, feel-good branding, and guilt management? Hence, better coffee? And ultimately do you really want to find a 'fair' trade coffee you can drink regularly anyway? Do you really support the project, or just Green LA Girl's writing? I actively avoid the stuff because I resent others trying to impose their moral judgments on my transactions. What could be 'fairer' than paying the market price for a commodity? Speaking of, I want to market Papal Indulgence Tea for Catholics -- every bag includes a little note from Papa Ratzinger waiving your time in purgatory for any economic sins or usury committed throughout the supply chain. Naturally, this added value costs extra. Plus, the money thus collected goes to support important social projects like blocking condom use in Africa, thereby repopulating purgatory with sinners. Win-win-win-win. Far be it from me to deny the sweet, sweet taste of evil, but isn’t the most rational explanation for your experience that when you’re buying non-’fair’ coffee (let’s call it Invisible Hand coffee) you’re spending more money on coffee and less on social engineering, feel-good branding, and guilt management? Hence, better coffee?

And ultimately do you really want to find a ‘fair’ trade coffee you can drink regularly anyway? Do you really support the project, or just Green LA Girl’s writing? I actively avoid the stuff because I resent others trying to impose their moral judgments on my transactions. What could be ‘fairer’ than paying the market price for a commodity?

Speaking of, I want to market Papal Indulgence Tea for Catholics — every bag includes a little note from Papa Ratzinger waiving your time in purgatory for any economic sins or usury committed throughout the supply chain. Naturally, this added value costs extra. Plus, the money thus collected goes to support important social projects like blocking condom use in Africa, thereby repopulating purgatory with sinners. Win-win-win-win.

]]> By: green LA girl http://tleaves.com/2006/01/02/because-it-is-bitter-and-because-it-is-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-2301 green LA girl Tue, 03 Jan 2006 03:01:02 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=537#comment-2301 Ok -- I'm sending you Monkey & Son Krakatoa as a late holiday present. I think the Velvet Hammer'll be too mild for you. Thus, Krakatoa. Watch out for it in the mail. Ok — I’m sending you Monkey & Son Krakatoa as a late holiday present. I think the Velvet Hammer’ll be too mild for you. Thus, Krakatoa. Watch out for it in the mail.

]]> By: Will C http://tleaves.com/2006/01/02/because-it-is-bitter-and-because-it-is-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-2300 Will C Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:23:05 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=537#comment-2300 Another option you might try for fair trade that's not wildly overpriced (9ish a pound on their site, but 7 for most of the other stuff...) is Lola Savannah out of my home town. I find that their fair trades are comparable with my 2nd tier favorites. http://www.lolasavannah.com/index.html But what I really love is Dominican Montana Verde coffee. I think it has fantastic balance, holds a darker roast without seeming charred and compares really well with it's high altitude Jamaican neighbor at 1/4ish the price. Not for those who love big grunty earthy coffees above all, but for me it's the berries. Google it for sources - I get it from Central Market (Ha ha! It's Whole Foods, but better - cheaper, tons more selection, generally fresher and, quite importantly, less twee/holier-than-thou! One of the compensations of living in Texas I suppose.) Another option you might try for fair trade that’s not wildly overpriced (9ish a pound on their site, but 7 for most of the other stuff…) is Lola Savannah out of my home town. I find that their fair trades are comparable with my 2nd tier favorites.

http://www.lolasavannah.com/index.html

But what I really love is Dominican Montana Verde coffee. I think it has fantastic balance, holds a darker roast without seeming charred and compares really well with it’s high altitude Jamaican neighbor at 1/4ish the price. Not for those who love big grunty earthy coffees above all, but for me it’s the berries.

Google it for sources – I get it from Central Market (Ha ha! It’s Whole Foods, but better – cheaper, tons more selection, generally fresher and, quite importantly, less twee/holier-than-thou! One of the compensations of living in Texas I suppose.)

]]> By: bbum http://tleaves.com/2006/01/02/because-it-is-bitter-and-because-it-is-my-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-2299 bbum Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:45:22 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=537#comment-2299 Try Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. I used to order from them years and years (more than a decade) ago back when their catalog was just a handful of photocopied pages. Great stuff then. Recently, a friend -- also someone who lived in PGH for a few years -- gave me some freshly roasted beans from GMCR. Now I remember why I ordered from 'em. http://www.greenmountaincoffee.com/ Try Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. I used to order from them years and years (more than a decade) ago back when their catalog was just a handful of photocopied pages. Great stuff then.

Recently, a friend — also someone who lived in PGH for a few years — gave me some freshly roasted beans from GMCR. Now I remember why I ordered from ‘em.

http://www.greenmountaincoffee.com/

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